In many Divorce or Legal Separation cases, one or both of the parties are employed and on either active duty or reserve duty,  in the United States Army, Air Force, Marines, or Navy. Many more involve cases where one or both of the parties are retired military service members. When a military service member wishes to obtain a divorce or legal separation, there is nothing that can be filed with the military courts. Instead, when they file they must do so pursuant to Colorado law, in the filing of a petition in the District Court. Very simply, military members and ex-military members are governed by the same civil proceedings as civilians.